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Obama gives speech on NSA snooping

President Obama heads over to the Justice Department today to unveil changes in how the National Security Agency can do its snooping and scooping up of phone and Internet records. It's national security vs. privacy protection. The date Obama has chosen to talk about government surveillance powers also marks the 53rd anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's famous warning about the growing power of "the military-industrial complex."Apple launches on China Mobile

Apple gets a big bite of the market in China when the iPhone goes on sale ...